Check holder and register.



R. l. BRUMWELL.

CHECK HOLDER AND REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 19I5- Patented July 4, 1916.

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OF EUGENE, QREGON.

CHECK HOLDER AND REGISTER.

Application filed May 17,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT J. BRUMWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eugene, in the county of Lane and State of Oregon, have invented a. new and useful Check Holder and Register, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to a holde and register for checks such as are used in barber shops, and aims to provide a novel and improved device of that character.

It is the object of the invention to provide a device of the character designated having a rack for holding checks indicating various amounts, and having a register whereby when the proper check is withdrawn from the rack, it can be deposited in the register, the check being visible after being deposited in the register and actuating a bell or signal in a. unique manner.

The present device is adapted especially for use in barber shops, although it may be used in various other capacities, and one ofthe devices is placed at each barber's chair in a barber shop, so that the barbers may readily withdraw. the proper checks from the racks according tov the amounts the customers are charged for work done, and whereby the barbers in depositing the checks into the registers will ring the bells to call the managers or proprietors attention in order that he may observe the checks after being deposited in the registers. In this manner. a tally is kept upon the amount of work done by each barber, and the invention is of advantage for other obvious reasons. 4

It is also within the scope of the invention to provide a contrivance of the character specified, which is improved generally in its construction and details. to enhance the utility and etliciency thereof, the device being comparatively simple, compact and inexpensive in construction, as well as being convenient, practical and etticient 1n use.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in iew which willappear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangen'lent of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ma a, rate.

1915. Serial N0. 28,789.

within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure l is a plan view of the device, portions being broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device, portions being broken away and shown in section. Fig. 3 is a front end view of the device. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4.4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front view of one of the checks.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a case or frame 1 of suitable construction, and provided with rows or series of transverse pockets or pigeon holes 2 extending from side to side and open at both ends. These pockets 2 are designed to hold checks of various amounts or values, and the various pockets are of any size proportional to the numbers of checks of the various stacks or groups to be used.

A stack or group of checks 3 are disposed in each pocket 2, and the checks of each stack are printed or otherwise designated to represent a certain sum 01' amount of money. These checks are preferably of rectangular outline, and may be constructed of cardboard, celluloid or other suitable ma terial.

Blocks at are slipped or engaged within the ends of the pockets 2 at one side of the case or frame 1, and are provided with oblique or diagonal faces against which the respective ends of the checks 3 abut. so that the other ends of thechecks 3 will project from the other side of the case. and will be arranged obliquely, as seen in Fig. 1, whereby the checks may be readily withdrawn from the rack. The blocks 1 may be disposed at either side of the case or frame, whereby the device is reversible, in that the checks may be arranged to be withdrawn from either side of the case, according to the position of the case when in use. The blocks 4 also serve as closures for the ends of the pockets or pigeon holes, as well as holding the checks. 3 in the manner indicated.

The forward end of the case 1 is provided with a register, and to this end, the case 1 has a lower longitudinal chamber or compartment 5 for receiving the checks deposited in the register. The forward end of the case 1 is provided with a lower door 6, hinged, as at 7, whereby the door 6 may be swung open when released. This door 6 is normally locked in closed position by a suitable key-controlled lock 8, whereby the door 8 can only be opened by the authorized person having the proper key.

A slide 9- in the form of an upstanding plate is mounted upon the bottom of the case 1 within the chamber 5, and is provided with a lower rearwardly projectingflange 10 slidable upon the bottom. of the case. This flange 10 is provided with an upstruck corrugation 11, and a bolt v12 is engaged through the corrugation 11 and'has a thumb or wing nut 13 threaded upon its upper end and bearing upon the said corrugation. The lower or headed end of the bolt 12 slidably engages the longitudinal slot 14 provided in the bottom of thecase, whereby the slide 9 is guided for longitudinal movement within the chamber 5.

The forward end portion of the .case has an upwardly projecting space 15 leading upwardly from' the forwardend of the chamber 5 immediately behind the front end of the case, and extending to the top of the cas'e. A partition 16 is secured within the space 15 adjacent but spaced slightly from the front end of the case, to provide a chute 17 between the partition 16 and the front end of the case. The top of the case is provided with a transverse slot 18 providing an entrance for the chute 17, and the front end of the case is provided with a glass or trans-.

parent panel 17, whereby a check pushed downwardly into the chute 17 is visible through the glass pane 17.

A bell or audible signal 19 is carried by the partition 16 in rear thereof and within the space 15, and a resilient or spring clapper 20 is carried by the case 1 below the bell 19. The tip or free end of the clapper 20 projects forwardly through an upright slot 21 provided in the partition 16 adjacent its lower end or below the bell 19, whereby the tip or free end of the clapper projects slightly into the lower end portion of the chute 17. The partition 16 terminates above the chamber 5.

Each of the checks 3 is provided adjacent one end with a longitudinal slot 22, which is properly arranged whereby the check will ring the bell 18 in the manner hereinafter described.

A curved plate or deflector 23 is secured to theinner side of the door 6 adjacent the upper or free end of the door, and lies below the chute 17 to properly deflect the checks rearwardly when they are forced downwardly into the collectingchamber 5.

In use, when the proper check 3 is withdrawn from the rack according to the amount to be paid by the customer, and after the customer has paid for the work done,

the barber deposits the check in the register.

Thus, the check 3 is moved downwardly through the slot 18, with the end of the check having the slot downward, and the check 3 is thusmoved downwardly into the chute 17. The check within the chute is visible in order that it may be readily seen by the manager or proprietor, and when the lower end of the check strikes the tip of the clapper 20 it will swing the clapper downwardly away from the bell 19, and when the check 3 is pushed farther down, the tipof the clapper will spring into the slot 22 of the check, and this allows the clapper toimpinge against the bell 19 for ringing the same. This will call the attention of the manager or proprietor to the fact that the check has been deposited in the register, and the check may be readily seen. WVhen the next check is pushed downwardly into the chute 17, the first check will be forced downwardly into the chamber 5, the checks Which are pushed or forced into the chamber 5 collecting therein and forcing the slide 9 backwardly within the chamber 5, as will be apparent. The deflector 23 serves to move the checks rearwardly sufficiently from below the chute 17, in order that onecheck in following the other, will not abut against the upper end thereof, but will move downwardly properly in front of the same. It will be noted that the deflector 23 presses the upper end of the foremost check rearwardly, whereby the next check may properly pass between the aforesaid checkand the (16-. fiector 23 to be forced downwardly into position.

At intervals, the checks within the chamber 5 may be removed by unlocking and opening the door 6, so that the checks may be sorted, and this will also provide means 'ment being necessary.

Attention is directed to the fact that the clapper 20 in entering the slot 22 of the check 3 will prevent the check from being withdrawn from the register after the check has been inserted sufliciently for ringing the bell.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a device of the character described, a

register having a chute, a window in front of said chute, and a partition in rear of said chute, said partition having a slot, a bell, and a clapper cooperablc with the bell and having a portion projecting through said slot into said chute whereby a slotted ticket forced into said chute behind said window moves said clapper away from the bell so that said portion moves into the slot of the ticket to allow the clapper to impinge against the bell.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT J. BRUMWELL.

Witnesses:

GRACE AUDREY BRUMWELL, F. W. Mosns. 

